Top Ten News Items on Health, 11 August 2017
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Nigeria Records Poor Outing as Only 23% of Children Get Immunised. Revamp PHCs in your states, Health Minister urges governors. FG plans relocation of…
Top Ten News on Health, 04 August 2017
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FG set to achieve 50% exclusive breastfeeding by 2018. Counterfeit drugs: Nigeria sets up coordinated centres for drugs distributors. NCDC advises on prevention of…
“Does Leadership Matter” in the Nigerian health sector?
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The greatest challenges and the greatest opportunities that any unit in society has begins with its pattern of leadership. Who makes those…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th February 2017
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Nigeria’s Mohammed Pate, two other candidates shortlisted for Global Fund’s ED post. Health Minister Inaugurates Statutory Committees for National Health Act. Minister…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 06 January 2017
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Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease. INTERVIEW: Nigeria’s health minister speaks on resident doctors, polio, tuberculosis, budget,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 16 December 2016
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Full impact of devastated health services in north-eastern Nigeria revealed by WHO report. New WHO Country Representative formally assumes duties in Nigeria….
Top Ten News Items on Health, 02 December 2016
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FG launches Guidelines For HIV/AIDS Prevention. World AIDS Day: US donates $400m, urges FG To invest in health. 800 Nigerians die daily…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th November 2016
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$400m Polio funds not stolen, says Health Minister. FG, GSK freeze price of Pneumonia Vaccines for next 10 Years. Lagos records 9,579…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 18 November 2016
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Nigeria records 35 per cent decline in malaria cases. Nigeria loses $2.4bn to malaria annually— FG, Dangote Foundation. WHO donates Polio Modular…
Top News Items on Health, 11 November 2016
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AfDB approves US $1-million grant to finance nutrition campaign in Nigeria’s Borno State. WHO and partners support measles vaccination in Borno State,…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 20th September, 2016
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FG cancels plan to build 10,000 PHCs. UNICEF revises humanitarian funding appeal for Nigeria to US$ 115m. FG begins free screening for cancer. FG launches…
We have started our Descent: Strikes and the Future of Public Sector Health Delivery
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Over the past ten years, no sector has been more affected by strikes in contemporary Nigerian history, than the health sector. Paradoxically,…
A tangled web: the complicated ethics of medical referrals from Nigeria to India
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This thought-provoking piece was contributed by Ifeanyi Nsofor who has just joined the NHW team. Pls share it with every one you…